FTFA: some are speculating that G4 may be partnering with Esquire magazine in order to make the change more palatable to upscale consumers. There will doubtlessly still be a nerd-friendly side to the network though.

Yea right. Cause when I think of geeks, I think of Esquire and GQ. More than likely it's going to be an E! like channel for dudes. Can't really say I'm surprised though, since the only way I would see any new content on that channel now I would have to piss off an authority figure at a campus or trailer park. Or a very insecure girlfriend who LOVES drama.

I actually did like their coverage of the cons, especially E3. SInce I would probably never get a chance to attend one, it was as close as I could get. G4 used to be a great background noise channel but after the Cops and Cheaters switch I had to start turning it off.

/ now it's SportsCenter and its endless prattling about a backup QB and a ho hum team in a big market.// urge to kill rising

I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

Wow.. This is the slowest death of a channel I've ever seen. They've been doing regular format changes and layoffs since 2005.. It's amazing how badly they completely farked up what was once nearly perfect geek programming.

Shadowtag:I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

Considering the target demographics of at least SyFy and G4, you're trying to get a group of people that more and more rely on the internet for their entertainment that trying to maintain a cable TV channel gets less and less profitable. You'd think they would try to redirect their energies in to creating a more online presence to follow their demographic, but when you see other networks competing for the Cops/Cheaters demographic, I guess it seems easier and more cost effective to try to squeeze more and more blood from that stone.

This is where Comedy Central shows why it's more savvy than most other channels. Instead of fighting for viewership, it at least maintains some semblance of its original intent and hosts a good deal of content online. Then again, it has a larger pool of successful content to host, but SyFy and G4 might too if they would focus on creating content rather than leasing someone else's.

FirstNationalBastard:433: I'd like to think that it's a lack of chemistry on the set without Olivia Munn. If you're unfamiliar with her, someone should come along and provide pictorial evidence. That, and she was fun.

Or, someone could post a picture of any talentless, average looking attention whore and you'd get roughly the same effect.

Have you seen her in The Newsroom?

I was fairly impressed with her acting skills that (seemingly) materialized out of nowhere. She also seems a lot hotter when she's not just there to be eye candy. (Why did they have to hire a chick to be eye candy? They already had Layla Kayleigh...)

Shadowtag:I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

In this day and age where we're creeping closer and closer to Idiocracy becoming prophetic, people apparently don't have the attention span for a dedicated channel it seems, so they have to diversify or they'll go under.

Or at least that's what some guy with a his face affixed in a permanent troll face is telling these channel executives, as that's the only thing that explains why Cartoon Network shoved its new seasons of saturday morning DC nation shows to next year after airing one episode, and replaced it all with live action bullshiat.

Shadowtag:I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

As mentioned by others, I have to agree...why the fark do network exec not grasp specialization? TLC, History, and Discovery all used to be my wife's and my go to channels, now they have been inundated with mindless drivel. Rather than please a specific audience, they cast the widest net possible.

Honey Boo-Boo is a great example of something that has no place on television. Nothing is gained by it. Nothing. Ok...perhaps enjoying the exploitation and spectacle of poor, uneducated rednecks.

LoneWolf343:Shadowtag: I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

They don't care: generalized channels make more money.

Then they might as well rebrand them. TLC can become the "Freak Lifestyles Network"; A&E can become the "War on Mundane things (and Storage Lockers) Network (which occasionally airs good scripted content...if you're lucky)", History becomes the "Turn Junk into Gold Channel"; SyFy becomes the "Conspiracy Channel"; and USA becomes the "Hey, We Actually Put Scripted Stuff On Our Channel Channel."

IlGreven:LoneWolf343: Shadowtag: I don't know why this irritates me, since I haven't watched it in years. Maybe it's because SyFy and BBCAmerica are going the same route by filling their schedules with crap that has nothing to do with the idea behind their existence, and Cartoon Network's not looking too well either. Do any of these network execs understand the concept behind a specialized channel? Because the first thing they do when the budget lags is grab the cheapest, stupidest, least related thing possible and just fill the schedule with that until they've destroyed it entirely. It's as if they weren't charismatic enough for politics so they got the next job with least requirements involved that require basic comprehension of that job.

/Kind of amazed that Comedy Central still appears to understand what it's doing, but they still fill the schedule with the same thing over and over.

They don't care: generalized channels make more money.

Then they might as well rebrand them. TLC can become the "Freak Lifestyles Network"; A&E can become the "War on Mundane things (and Storage Lockers) Network (which occasionally airs good scripted content...if you're lucky)", History becomes the "Turn Junk into Gold Channel"; SyFy becomes the "Conspiracy Channel"; and USA becomes the "Hey, We Actually Put Scripted Stuff On Our Channel Channel."

/They would've won that one in a bidding war with TNT.

All the things mentioned in the quoted posts is why I canceled cable TV this summer.. I now stream pre-programmed content specific Justin.TV channels which are by all means programmed 100% better than anything I saw on TV in years.. There is a great military docs channel, a few fantastic crime docs channel.. The list of content goes on.. Combined with netflix.. Yeah.. I watch more video content now without cable then I ever did with it.

Endive Wombat:Honey Boo-Boo is a great example of something that has no place on television. Nothing is gained by it. Nothing. Ok...perhaps enjoying the exploitation and spectacle of poor, uneducated rednecks.